Western wildfires

Courtney Braxton stands with one of her six horses that were evacuated from a horse boarding area directly in the path of the High Park wildfire Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the Livestock Pavilions in Windsor, Colo.

The northern Colorado wildfire blamed for one death grew Wednesday as firefighters dealt with hot dry weather, shifting winds and hundreds of acres of standing trees killed by pine beetles.

Credit: AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean